Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood, otherwise known as the Great Flood of 1889, was a major flood that happened in a city called Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the eastern United States. It was on a river called the Little Conemaugh River. It was caused by the collapse of a dam called the South Fork Dam, 14 miles (23 km) upstream, after several days of heavy rain. The date it happened was May 31, 1889.^[1] 2,209^[1] people were killed by the 20 million tons of water that flooded the town. The flood also resulted in $17 million in damages.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1904". Library of Congress. World Digital Library. Retrieved 5 January 2014.